--- title: Adjusting line height in SwiftUI on iOS 26 | daily.dev description: iOS 26 introduces the lineHeight(_:) SwiftUI modifier and AttributedString.LineHeight attribute for controlling baseline distance between lines of text. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/adjusting-line-height-in-swiftui-on-ios-26-vlq1lcgxv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Adjusting line height in SwiftUI on iOS 26 | daily.dev og:description: iOS 26 introduces the lineHeight(_:) SwiftUI modifier and AttributedString.LineHeight attribute for controlling baseline distance between lines of text. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/adjusting-line-height-in-swiftui-on-ios-26-vlq1lcgxv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Vlq1LcGXV.png og:image:alt: Adjusting line height in SwiftUI on iOS 26 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Adjusting line height in SwiftUI on iOS 26 **[Nil Coalescing](https://daily.dev/sources/nilcoalescing)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary iOS 26 introduces the lineHeight(_:) SwiftUI modifier and AttributedString.LineHeight attribute for controlling baseline distance between lines of text. The API offers preset options (loose, tight, normal, variable) and precise methods: multiple(factor:) for proportional scaling, leading(increase:) for relative-plus-fixed spacing, and exact(points:) for fixed point values. A comparison with the existing lineSpacing(_:) modifier clarifies that lineHeight measures baseline-to-baseline distance while lineSpacing measures bottom-of-line to top-of-next. The older leading(_:) font modifier (available since iOS 14) is also discussed as a more limited alternative. Caution is advised when using exact(points:) since it does not scale with Dynamic Type and can cause text overlap at larger font sizes. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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